Recent Article on Rabbi Tobi Rubinstein Schneier
Meet New York City’s Fashion Rabbi Tobi Rubinstein Schneier is wearing an animal-print hamsa necklace she designed herself to ward off the evil eye, and according to her, it’s working just fine. Two years after her high-profile rabbi husband, Marc Schneier, was caught in a torrid cheating scandal that became unrelenting tabloid fodder, she is…
Updates From Our Rabbis
Rabbi Jenn Weinstein Congregation Simchat HaLev Installs New Rabbi On March 2nd, Rabbi Jenn Weinstein was installed in front of 250 congregants of Congregation Simchat HaLev of Syosset. The installation ceremony, led by Rabbi Jay Weinstein, her father, was held at Long Island University. Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs and Councilwoman Rebecca Alesia honored…
Rabbi Mark Getman is Army National Guard Chaplain Candidate
FORT HAMILTON, NY New York Army National Guard Chaplain Candidate 1LT (Rabbi) Mark Getman assisted the Ft Hamilton Army Garrison, Chaplain (Maj) Bowman at Fort Hamilton’s Hanukkah Candle lighting ceremony which was held on the last night of Hanukkah on December 4 2013. The ceremony was attended by Ft Hamilton Service members, the garrison deputy…
JSLI to Ordain 17 New Rabbis This January!
On January 12, 2014, JSLI will ordain their Sixth Class of Rabbis. Seventeen students from around the world including Australia and Israel will gather in Delray Beach, Florida to be granted Rabbinic Ordination (Semicha) by a Bet Din (Rabbinical Court) of three Rabbis. Most of the students in this class have spent years serving the…
What Our Rabbis Are Up To!
Rabbi Norman Maybloom: I’ve been acting as a pro bono Gabbai for the Clearbrook Jewish Congregation which includes leading the Congregation in Schacharit services on Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur. This also included doing the Torah readings for the 3 days and I blowing shofar again this year. I’ve done several funerals, a baby naming and…